Every time I open a new IE window, and another e-mail has arrived, usually
spam, I get surprised by the "mail truck" sound. I tried to find the sound
file and delete it, but I can't find it. I know I could turn my speakers
off, but that ruins other sounds I want to hear.

I went to Control Panel/Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices/Change the Sound
Scheme/Sounds/ went in the box and changed "New Mail Notification" to where
is does not have a cartoon of a speaker next to it, changed the box below
that, where it says "Sounds" to (None), clicked "Apply", saved the sound
scheme in the highest box within the "Sound and Audio Devices Properties"
box and STILL I get that damn mail truck sound when I open IE and mail has
arrived. This is really frustrating.

Where is the mail arriving?

If in Outlook Express, go to Tools, Options, General, and uncheck Play
Sound.

But I suspect that some other program is notifying you of mail. You'll
need to identify that program and change its settings.

Several programs use the "New Mail Notification" sound, including
Outlook Express. And since changing that sound didn't fix the problem,
it's not Outlook Express that is your issue.



--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Pud Knocker" wrote in message
ink.net...
Every time I open a new IE window, and another e-mail has arrived,
usually spam, I get surprised by the "mail truck" sound. I tried to
find the sound file and delete it, but I can't find it. I know I could
turn my speakers off, but that ruins other sounds I want to hear.

I went to Control Panel/Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices/Change the
Sound Scheme/Sounds/ went in the box and changed "New Mail
Notification" to where is does not have a cartoon of a speaker next to
it, changed the box below that, where it says "Sounds" to (None),
clicked "Apply", saved the sound scheme in the highest box within the
"Sound and Audio Devices Properties" box and STILL I get that damn
mail truck sound when I open IE and mail has arrived. This is really
frustrating.

Hi Pud,

The new mail notification sound works for POP3 e-mail received in Outlook
Express, not Internet Explorer. If you can clarify the circumstances of when
the sound of the "mail truck" is heard it should be possible to direct you
to the right newsgroup for the question. Is your new mail sound heard when
using Web-based e-mail? When you went to the Sounds Control Panel did you
hear the "mail truck" when previewing the new mail sound?

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
*
"Pud Knocker" wrote in message
ink.net...
Every time I open a new IE window, and another e-mail has arrived, usually
spam, I get surprised by the "mail truck" sound. I tried to find the sound
file and delete it, but I can't find it. I know I could turn my speakers
off, but that ruins other sounds I want to hear.

I went to Control Panel/Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices/Change the Sound
Scheme/Sounds/ went in the box and changed "New Mail Notification" to where
is does not have a cartoon of a speaker next to it, changed the box below
that, where it says "Sounds" to (None), clicked "Apply", saved the sound
scheme in the highest box within the "Sound and Audio Devices Properties"
box and STILL I get that damn mail truck sound when I open IE and mail has
arrived. This is really frustrating.

I hear the "mail truck" sound when I open a new IE window (which is set to
my earthlink.net home page), and a new e-mail has arrived. I never use the
web-based e-mail, I only use Outlook Express. I can't preview the new e-mail
sound because I removed the "speaker" icon next to "New Mail Notifivation".
Not only that, but I also set the sound to (None). And I created a new sound
scheme which should include the new setting of no sound for new e-mail. But
despite all that, I still am forced to listen to the irritating "mail truck"
when I open a new IE window, and another piece of spam has been sent to me.



"Kuay Tim" wrote in message
...
Hi Pud,

The new mail notification sound works for POP3 e-mail received in Outlook
Express, not Internet Explorer. If you can clarify the circumstances of
when
the sound of the "mail truck" is heard it should be possible to direct you
to the right newsgroup for the question. Is your new mail sound heard when
using Web-based e-mail? When you went to the Sounds Control Panel did you
hear the "mail truck" when previewing the new mail sound?

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
*
"Pud Knocker" wrote in message
ink.net...
Every time I open a new IE window, and another e-mail has arrived, usually
spam, I get surprised by the "mail truck" sound. I tried to find the sound
file and delete it, but I can't find it. I know I could turn my speakers
off, but that ruins other sounds I want to hear.

I went to Control Panel/Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices/Change the Sound
Scheme/Sounds/ went in the box and changed "New Mail Notification" to
where
is does not have a cartoon of a speaker next to it, changed the box below
that, where it says "Sounds" to (None), clicked "Apply", saved the sound
scheme in the highest box within the "Sound and Audio Devices Properties"
box and STILL I get that damn mail truck sound when I open IE and mail has
arrived. This is really frustrating.

Hi Paul,

This does not appear to be an OE issue. The mail truck sound is apparently
Web-based (sound arrives when opening the browser page when a new message is
available). I'm not familiar with the Earthlink software, but there may be a
local setting for the sound. Earthlink e-mail support should be able to
answer the question.

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
*
"Pud Knocker" wrote in message
nk.net...
I hear the "mail truck" sound when I open a new IE window (which is set to
my earthlink.net home page), and a new e-mail has arrived. I never use the
web-based e-mail, I only use Outlook Express. I can't preview the new e-mail
sound because I removed the "speaker" icon next to "New Mail Notifivation".
Not only that, but I also set the sound to (None). And I created a new sound
scheme which should include the new setting of no sound for new e-mail. But
despite all that, I still am forced to listen to the irritating "mail truck"
when I open a new IE window, and another piece of spam has been sent to me.



"Kuay Tim" wrote in message
...
Hi Pud,

The new mail notification sound works for POP3 e-mail received in Outlook
Express, not Internet Explorer. If you can clarify the circumstances of
when
the sound of the "mail truck" is heard it should be possible to direct you
to the right newsgroup for the question. Is your new mail sound heard when
using Web-based e-mail? When you went to the Sounds Control Panel did you
hear the "mail truck" when previewing the new mail sound?

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
*
"Pud Knocker" wrote in message
ink.net...
Every time I open a new IE window, and another e-mail has arrived, usually
spam, I get surprised by the "mail truck" sound. I tried to find the sound
file and delete it, but I can't find it. I know I could turn my speakers
off, but that ruins other sounds I want to hear.

I went to Control Panel/Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices/Change the Sound
Scheme/Sounds/ went in the box and changed "New Mail Notification" to
where
is does not have a cartoon of a speaker next to it, changed the box below
that, where it says "Sounds" to (None), clicked "Apply", saved the sound
scheme in the highest box within the "Sound and Audio Devices Properties"
box and STILL I get that damn mail truck sound when I open IE and mail has
arrived. This is really frustrating.

Uninstall the totally unnecessary Earthlink software and see if it goes
away. If you disabled a sound for "New Mail Notification" and "Play a
sound..." at OE Tools Options General, the sound is/was not coming from
OE.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)

Pud Knocker wrote:
I hear the "mail truck" sound when I open a new IE window (which is set to
my earthlink.net home page), and a new e-mail has arrived. I never use the
web-based e-mail, I only use Outlook Express. I can't preview the new
e-mail
sound because I removed the "speaker" icon next to "New Mail
Notifivation".
Not only that, but I also set the sound to (None). And I created a new
sound
scheme which should include the new setting of no sound for new e-mail.
But
despite all that, I still am forced to listen to the irritating "mail
truck"
when I open a new IE window, and another piece of spam has been sent to
me.



"Kuay Tim" wrote in message
...
Hi Pud,

The new mail notification sound works for POP3 e-mail received in Outlook
Express, not Internet Explorer. If you can clarify the circumstances of
when
the sound of the "mail truck" is heard it should be possible to direct
you
to the right newsgroup for the question. Is your new mail sound heard
when
using Web-based e-mail? When you went to the Sounds Control Panel did you
hear the "mail truck" when previewing the new mail sound?

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
*
"Pud Knocker" wrote in message
ink.net...
Every time I open a new IE window, and another e-mail has arrived,
usually
spam, I get surprised by the "mail truck" sound. I tried to find the
sound
file and delete it, but I can't find it. I know I could turn my speakers
off, but that ruins other sounds I want to hear.

I went to Control Panel/Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices/Change the
Sound
Scheme/Sounds/ went in the box and changed "New Mail Notification" to
where
is does not have a cartoon of a speaker next to it, changed the box below
that, where it says "Sounds" to (None), clicked "Apply", saved the sound
scheme in the highest box within the "Sound and Audio Devices Properties"
box and STILL I get that damn mail truck sound when I open IE and mail
has
arrived. This is really frustrating.

I didn't have any Earthlink software on my computer. All I had was my
Earthlink homepage set as IE's homepage. What I decided to do was to change
my homepage to something else. I just sent myself an e-mail to test it, and
now when I open a new IE window, there is no "mail truck" to be heard.

Thanks to everybody for their responses.




"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Uninstall the totally unnecessary Earthlink software and see if it goes
away. If you disabled a sound for "New Mail Notification" and "Play a
sound..." at OE Tools Options General, the sound is/was not coming
from OE.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)

Pud Knocker wrote:
I hear the "mail truck" sound when I open a new IE window (which is set
to
my earthlink.net home page), and a new e-mail has arrived. I never use
the
web-based e-mail, I only use Outlook Express. I can't preview the new
e-mail
sound because I removed the "speaker" icon next to "New Mail
Notifivation".
Not only that, but I also set the sound to (None). And I created a new
sound
scheme which should include the new setting of no sound for new e-mail.
But
despite all that, I still am forced to listen to the irritating "mail
truck"
when I open a new IE window, and another piece of spam has been sent to
me.



"Kuay Tim" wrote in message
...
Hi Pud,

The new mail notification sound works for POP3 e-mail received in
Outlook
Express, not Internet Explorer. If you can clarify the circumstances of
when
the sound of the "mail truck" is heard it should be possible to direct
you
to the right newsgroup for the question. Is your new mail sound heard
when
using Web-based e-mail? When you went to the Sounds Control Panel did
you
hear the "mail truck" when previewing the new mail sound?

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
*
"Pud Knocker" wrote in message
ink.net...
Every time I open a new IE window, and another e-mail has arrived,
usually
spam, I get surprised by the "mail truck" sound. I tried to find the
sound
file and delete it, but I can't find it. I know I could turn my speakers
off, but that ruins other sounds I want to hear.

I went to Control Panel/Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices/Change the
Sound
Scheme/Sounds/ went in the box and changed "New Mail Notification" to
where
is does not have a cartoon of a speaker next to it, changed the box
below
that, where it says "Sounds" to (None), clicked "Apply", saved the sound
scheme in the highest box within the "Sound and Audio Devices
Properties"
box and STILL I get that damn mail truck sound when I open IE and mail
has
arrived. This is really frustrating.

That would indicate that the EarthLink home page is configured to play
the sound if there are any new mail messages on the server. There's
likely a configuration option for your EarthLink home page to turn that
feature off.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Pud Knocker" wrote in message
ink.net...
I didn't have any Earthlink software on my computer. All I had was my
Earthlink homepage set as IE's homepage. What I decided to do was to
change my homepage to something else. I just sent myself an e-mail to
test it, and now when I open a new IE window, there is no "mail truck"
to be heard.

Thanks to everybody for their responses.




"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Uninstall the totally unnecessary Earthlink software and see if it
goes away. If you disabled a sound for "New Mail Notification" and
"Play a sound..." at OE Tools Options General, the sound is/was
not coming from OE.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Security, Shell/User)

Pud Knocker wrote:
I hear the "mail truck" sound when I open a new IE window (which is
set to
my earthlink.net home page), and a new e-mail has arrived. I never
use the
web-based e-mail, I only use Outlook Express. I can't preview the
new e-mail
sound because I removed the "speaker" icon next to "New Mail
Notifivation".
Not only that, but I also set the sound to (None). And I created a
new sound
scheme which should include the new setting of no sound for new
e-mail. But
despite all that, I still am forced to listen to the irritating
"mail truck"
when I open a new IE window, and another piece of spam has been sent
to me.



"Kuay Tim" wrote in message
...
Hi Pud,

The new mail notification sound works for POP3 e-mail received in
Outlook
Express, not Internet Explorer. If you can clarify the
circumstances of
when
the sound of the "mail truck" is heard it should be possible to
direct you
to the right newsgroup for the question. Is your new mail sound
heard when
using Web-based e-mail? When you went to the Sounds Control Panel
did you
hear the "mail truck" when previewing the new mail sound?

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
*
"Pud Knocker" wrote in message
ink.net...
Every time I open a new IE window, and another e-mail has arrived,
usually
spam, I get surprised by the "mail truck" sound. I tried to find
the sound
file and delete it, but I can't find it. I know I could turn my
speakers
off, but that ruins other sounds I want to hear.

I went to Control Panel/Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices/Change
the Sound
Scheme/Sounds/ went in the box and changed "New Mail Notification"
to
where
is does not have a cartoon of a speaker next to it, changed the box
below
that, where it says "Sounds" to (None), clicked "Apply", saved the
sound
scheme in the highest box within the "Sound and Audio Devices
Properties"
box and STILL I get that damn mail truck sound when I open IE and
mail has
arrived. This is really frustrating.

"Pud Knocker" wrote in message
nk.net...
I hear the "mail truck" sound when I open a new IE window (which is set to
my earthlink.net home page), and a new e-mail has arrived. I never use the
web-based e-mail, I only use Outlook Express. I can't preview the new
e-mail sound because I removed the "speaker" icon next to "New Mail
Notifivation". Not only that, but I also set the sound to (None). And I
created a new sound scheme which should include the new setting of no sound
for new e-mail. But despite all that, I still am forced to listen to the
irritating "mail truck" when I open a new IE window, and another piece of
spam has been sent to me.



Go back thru the sounds list and you should see the Earthlink addon's. That
is where you should be able to disable them.

"DGuess" wrote in message
...
"Pud Knocker" wrote in message
nk.net...
I hear the "mail truck" sound when I open a new IE window (which is set to
my earthlink.net home page), and a new e-mail has arrived. I never use the
web-based e-mail, I only use Outlook Express. I can't preview the new
e-mail sound because I removed the "speaker" icon next to "New Mail
Notifivation". Not only that, but I also set the sound to (None). And I
created a new sound scheme which should include the new setting of no
sound for new e-mail. But despite all that, I still am forced to listen to
the irritating "mail truck" when I open a new IE window, and another piece
of spam has been sent to me.



Go back thru the sounds list and you should see the Earthlink addon's.
That is where you should be able to disable them.



I get the sound everyday about 6 am. I can't find anyway to shut it off.